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State information > Texas Disability Statistics Table From 2004 American Community Survey

Texas Disability Data Table From the 2004 American Community Survey

Estimates for 2004

An estimated 2,726,000 people in Texas have a disability, or 13.6% of the population age 5 and over. An estimated 529,000 people, or 2.6% of the population 5 and over, have difficulty performing self-care activities, also known as Activities of Daily Living, such as dressing, bathing, or getting around inside the home.

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Subject Population (Thousands) With a disability (Thousands) With a disability (Percent) With a self-care difficulty (Thousands) With a self-care difficulty (Percent)
Total in Texas
(ages 5 and over)		 20,055 2,726 13.6% 529 2.6%
Disability Type          
Sensory   841   188 22.3%
Mobility   1,654   480 29.0%
Cognitive   959   297 30.9%
Self-care   529   529  
Leaving the home   731   391 53.5%
Work disability   1,411   436 30.9%
Gender          
Male 9,860 1,287 13.1% 211 2.1%
Female 10,194 1,438 14.1% 318 3.1%
Age          
Children (5-17) 4,381 270 6.2% 37 0.8%
    5-15 3,725 231 6.2% 31 0.8%
    16-17 657 40 6.1% 6 0.8%
Working Ages (18-64) 13,592 1,476 10.9% 252 1.9%
    18-44 8,694 624 7.2% 89 1.0%
    45-64 4,898 852 17.4% 163 3.3%
Elderly (65+) 2,081 979 47.0% 240 11.5%
    65-74 1,184 432 36.5% 86 7.3%
    75-84 705 400 56.7% 95 13.5%
    85+ 193 147 76.2% 59 30.4%
Race          
White 15,183 2052 13.5% 374 2.5%
African American 2,267 382 16.8% 87 3.8%
Asian/Pacific Islander 722 41 5.7% 7 1.0%
American Indian/Alaska Native 183 49 26.7% 8 4.4%
Ethnicity          
Hispanic 6,746 751 11.1% 170 2.5%
Non-Hispanic 13,309 1,975 14.8% 359 2.7%
Family Income          
In poverty 3,111 608 19.5% 151 4.9%
Above poverty 16,888 2,111 12.5% 377 2.2%
Benefit Recipiency          
Social Security (OASDI) 2,361 1,143 48.4% 291 12.3%
Supplemental Security Income 292 280 96.2% 88 30.1%
Employment (Ages 18-64)          
Employed 9,522 578 6.1% 48 0.5%
Unemployed (in labor force) 817 112 13.7% 10 1.3%
Not in labor force 3,186 782 24.6% 194 6.1%
Living Arrangement          
Lives alone 2,005 541 27.0% 114 5.7%
Lives with others 18,050 2,184 12.1% 415 2.3%

Source: Tabulations by the Center for PAS from the 2004 American Community Survey (ACS).

About the Texas 2004 ACS Disability Data

The Center for Personal Assistance Services has compiled state and national data on the prevalence of overall disability and of self-care difficulty, by gender, age, race and ethnicity, type of disability, family income, benefit recipiency, employment status, and living arrangement. These statistics are based on our tabulations of public use data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) for 2004, containing information on over 1 million residents of randomly selected U.S. households. Because it is a household survey, people living in institutions such as nursing homes are not included.

Previous years of disability data from the ACS:

 

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